2004: Microplastics term coined

2004 First article on microplastics, term coined. 

Thompson, R. C., Olsen, Y., Mitchell, R. P., Davis, A., Rowland, S. J., John, A. W., McGonigle, D., & Russell, A. E. (2004). Lost at sea: where is all the plastic? Science (New York, N.Y.), 304(5672), 838.

Obesity: Developmental Origins and Environmental Influences symposium. 

Mead M. N. (2004). Origins of obesityEnvironmental health perspectives112(6), A344.